A Literature Review of Poly(Lactic Acid)

By Donald Garlotta. 2001

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Effect of nanoclay-type and PLA optical purity on the characteristics of PLA-based nanocomposite films (2013, methodology): “Thus, the use of PLA has been extended to other areas, such as packaging, textiles, and composite materials (Drumright et al., 2000; Garlotta, 2001; Groot et al., 2010).”
Current progress on bio-based polymers and their future trends (2013, background): “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of PLA for certain human clinical applications (Dorozhkin 2009; Garlotta 2001).”
Poly-Lactic Acid: Production, Applications, Nanocomposites, and Release Studies. (2010, background): “Physical: Molecular weight g/mol 66000 Garlotta (2001) Specific gravity – 1.27 Solid density g/cm3 1.2515 Melt density g/cm3 1.0727 Glass transition temperature ◦C 55 Mehta and others (2005) Melting temperature ◦C 165 Specific heat (Cp) J/Kg ◦C 190 ◦C 2060 100 ◦C 1955 55 ◦C 1590 Thermal conductivity”
Blending poly(butylene succinate) with poly(lactic acid): Ductility and phase inversion effects (2015, methodology): “Although there are a number of methods for producing high molecular weight PLA, the method that is the most successful, and is therefore used commercially, is by ring-opening polymerisation of the lactide, which is a cyclic dimer consisting of two lactic acid molecules [3].”